The Breeders Halter Futurity is the highest paying halter event in history – boasting a 1.5 million dollar payout in 2020! We offer 4 different divisions for exhibitors: Amateur, Open, Color Amateur, and Color Open. In 2020 we celebrated our 10 year anniversary and to date have paid out over 10 million dollars!
Thank you to all you came and participated in our event – we had our best event yet and are already working on big plans for 2022!
BREEDERS HALTER FUTURITY
2022 Tentative Class Schedule
Tuesday, 09-13-22
8:00am – BHF – Amateur Classes and Color Amateur Classes
Amateur Jr. Weanling Colts
Amateur Sr. Weanling Colts
Amateur Weanling Geldings
Color Amateur Weanling Colts and Geldings
Amateur Yearling Stallions
Color Amateur Yearling Stallions
Amateur Yearling Geldings
Color Amateur Yearling Geldings
Amateur 2 Year Old Stallions
Amateur 2 Year Old Geldings
Amateur 3 and Older Stallions
Amateur 3 and Older Geldings
BHF Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Amateur Stallion
BHF Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Amateur Gelding
Wednesday, 09-14-22
8:00am – BHF – Amateur Classes and Color Amateur Classes
Amateur Jr. Weanling Fillies
Amateur Sr. Weanling Fillies
Color Amateur Weanling Fillies
Amateur Yearling Mares
Color Amateur Yearling Mares
Amateur 2 Year Old Mares
Amateur 3 and Older Mares
BHF Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Amateur Mare
Thursday, 09-15-22
8:00am –BHF – Mare Power Classes, DIY Classes, Performance Classes
Mare Power Jr. Weanling Colts and Geldings
Mare Power Sr. Weanling Colts and Geldings
Mare Power Jr. Weanling Fillies
Mare Power Sr. Weanling Fillies
DIY Amateur Weanling Colts and Geldings
DIY Amateur Weanling Fillies
Yearling Longe Line
Ranch on the Rail and Ranch Conformation
Friday, 09-16-22
8:00am – BHF – Open Classes, Color Division Open Classes, Youth Class
Jr. Weanling Colts
Sr. Weanling Colts
Weanling Geldings
Color Weanling Colts and Geldings
Yearling Stallions
Color Yearling Stallions
Yearling Geldings
Color Yearling Geldings
2 Year Old Stallions
2 Year Old Geldings
3 and Older Stallions
3 and Older Geldings
Youth Geldings
BHF Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Open Stallion
BHF Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Open Gelding
Saturday, 09-17-22
8:00am – BHF – Open Classes, Color Division Open Classes, Youth Class
Jr. Weanling Fillies
Sr. Weanling Fillies
Color Weanling Fillies
Yearling Mares
Color Yearling Mares
2 Year Old Mares
3 and Older Mares
Youth Mares
BHF Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Open Mare
PRESENTATION OF BHF TRAILERS
BREEDERS HALTER FUTURITY JUDGES
The Judges for the 2022 Breeders Halter Futurity were hired using the results of the BHF Survey that was sent to our Exhibitors. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. We are pleased to present the following to you:
Amateur: September 13 and 14, 2022
Jodi Finkenbinder
Clint Fullerton
Ross Roark
Mare Power, DIY, Performance: September 15, 2022
Randy Jacobs
Olin Parker
Bruce Walquist
Open: September 16 and 17, 2022
Steve Ferguson
Tim Finkenbinder
JT Mitchell
2022 is bringing about lots of changes for The Breeders Halter Futurity.
***We have added stallions to our Amateur Division. 2022 Weanling Foals by the following stallions will be eligible for the BHF Amateur Classes:
Acoolest Touchdown
Best Kept Secrete
Ecredible
Ese A Looker
Execute
FG Born Legacy
Heartz On Fire
Iem The One
My Intention
PF Premo
Rumerz
Urge
Valentino
Very Cool
We have also added stallions to our Open Division. 2022 Weanling Foals by the following stallions will be eligible for the BHF Open Classes:
Acoolest Touchdown
Best Kept Secrete
CR Peacemaker
Ecredible
El Ante
Ententions
Ese A Looker
Execute
Evinceble
FG A Tru Fella
FG Ambassador
FG Born Legacy
FG Mr McDreamy
FG Rising Star
Heartz On Fire
Iem The One
JCG Avenger
My Bravado
My Intention
PF Premo
Rumerz
Secret Gunfighter
Solaris
Suchan Ego
Swole
Trillions
Urge
Valentino
Very Cool
WhoIsIt
You can find a complete list under each division tab above
***We will be offering our DIY Classes again at our event. We have made a few changes to the rules for the DIY Classes.
Exhibitor Eligibility:
- Exhibitor must be an Amateur or Youth holding a current Amateur or Youth membership in the respective breed association and you must meet relationship requirements to be eligible to show.
- Exhibitor must be personally responsible for the care and preparation of their horse. A trainer cannot be involved in any way with this horse for 90 days prior to the BHF.
- Exhibitor cannot have placed 1st in any BHF Weanling or Yearling Class.
- Winning Exhibitor of each DIY Class is not eligible to show in either DIY Class the following year.
Horse Eligibility:
- 2022 Weanling Foals by the following Stallions are eligible for the DIY Classes:
Acoolest Touchdown Iem The One
Best Kept Secrete My Intention
Ecredible PF Premo
Ese A Looker Rumerz
Execute Urge
FG Born Legacy Valentino
Heartz On Fire Very Cool
- DIY Classes are now available to current BHF Open and BHF Color Division Stallions who pay a fee to make their foals eligible to participate in the DIY Classes. The $2000 fee will make all their 2022 weanling foals eligible. This fee is due by July 1st.
We will also have separate stalling areas in both barns for our DIY Exhibitors.
Please click on the forms tab to review all the rules pertaining to the DIY Classes.
***We will offer the Longe Line Class again this year. This year we will offer a Ranch on the Rail and Ranch Conformation Class. Belt Buckles will be presented to the winners of both of these classes sponsored by Suzonne Franks. Jerry and Penny Robinson have graciously donated $5000 to both the Longe Line and the Ranch on the Rail Classes.
Please click on the forms tab to see all the rules pertaining to these two Performance Classes.
***OBE Belt Buckles will now be presented to the winning OBE in every Amateur and Open Weanling Halter Class that has been previously offered. OBE will now have a $250 entry fee ($500 entry fee after the 1st entry deadline) which will be jackpotted. BHF will provide $2000 added money to each OBE Class.
For questions pertaining to any of this information, please contact Karen Kennedy at kkennedy.nhc@gmail.com.
2022 Mare Power Enrollments
We are excited to announce the following mares have been enrolled in our Mare Power Program for 2022
Thank you to all of our sponsors for 2021!
Diamond Sponsors
Headley Quarter Horses: Steve, Kathy & Sara Headley
Fossil Gate Farms LLC – Linda Gordon
Gold Sponsors
The Equine Chronicle
Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que – Joy Stehney
Corporate Partners
Twin Cities South Trailers, Pilot Point – Gary & Tammy Raak
Silver Sponsor
Three Nails Ranch – Billy & Suzonne Franks
Santa Cruz Animal Health
Bronze Sponsor
Robinson Quarter Horses – Jerry & Penny Robinson
Kull Ranch
Beck Farms
Nutrena
Contributing Sponsors
Golf Carts of Iowa
Harris Leather and Silverworks
Asset Equine and Ranch Insurance
Kellerman Rubber Ties
Headley Quarter Horses: Steve, Kathy & Sarah Headley
Tom & Mary Robertson & Clients
DAC
Chad & Tiffany Beus
The Tack Room
TSC & Cheryl Vasi
HealthyCoat
Style Stable Products
VanWall Equipment
Jim & Georgia Snow
Rod Patrick Custom Bootmakers
The Breeders Halter Futurity
Owner-Breeder-Exhibitior Belt Buckle
Thomas & Mimsi Coon – Jr Amateur Weanling Colt
JL Robinson QH & Dewey Smith QH – Sr Amateur Weanling Colt
Brinks Hattery – Amateur Weanling Gelding
Thomas & Mimsi Coon – Jr Amateur Weanling Filly
Oak Spring Ranch – Kathryn Mitchell – Sr Amateur Weanling Filly
Do It Yourself Belt Buckle
Jensen Quarter Horses – Steve Jensen – DIY Am Weanling Colts & Geldings
Jensen Quarter Horses – Steve Jensen – DIY Am Weanling Fillies
Breeders Halter Futurity Grand Champion Belt Buckle
White Diamond Ranch LLC – Grand Champion Amateur Stallion
Jerry & Penny Robinson – Grand Champion Open Stallion
Jarrell & Kate Jackson – Grand Champion Amateur Mare
Sue Darr – Grand Champion Open Mare
West Lauderdale Vet Hospital – Ricky & Jennifer Jubb Young – Grand Champion Amateur Gelding
Headley Quarter Horses: Steve, Kathy & Sarah Headley – Grand Champion Open Gelding
Non Pro Division Champion Belt Buckle
Pam Holbrook – Jr Weanling Colts
Headley Quarter Horses: Steve, Kathy & Sarah Headley – Sr Weanling Colts
Double C Acres – Bob & Joyce Cassata – Weanling Geldings
JL Robinson QH and Dewey Smith QH – Jr Weanling Fillies
Covenant Show Horses – Kelley & Adam Wainscott – Sr Weanling Fillies
Dominic & Jannee Pugliani – PUGI Auto Group – Color Weanling Colts & Geldings
Dominic & Jannee Pugliani – PUGI Auto Group – Color Weanling Fillies
Breeders Halter Futurity Class Sponsors
Western Hauler
Ramona Caldwell – Equine Aqua Spa Center
Pam Bucklew-Wilder
Butch, Lisa & Kensy Maxwell
Greg & Gigi Davis
Houser and Sons Trucking
Olsen Paint Horses
Tractor Supply
Chuck Fairbanks
Steve Phillips Quarter Horses
Kathy Smallwood and June Rhea
Finish First Performance Supplements
Kimble Lewis Quarter Horses
Groff Quarter Horses
Double L Acres – Vicki Livasy
Lindsay Black – Black Show Horses
Weatherford Equine
Heather Olson & Wade Yager
Brian & Patty Ellsworth
Dylan Madden & Camren Madden
Milan Quarter Horses
English Quarter Horses
Dewey Smith Quarter Horses
Iowa Equine
Adams Quarter Horses
Bart Weyer Horse Shoeing
Terry & Phyllis Bewley
Meadow Chase Farm – Dick & Jo Peden
Baker Show Horses
Maple Hill Quarter Horses: Owners Tony Bladen and Darrell Ireland
Bob, Craig, & Clint Cooper
Elizabeth Beauchamp & Shawn Yount
Ireland Auction Service
Castle Ranch – Abbi & Luke Castle
Wallinger Quarter Horses
Josh & Kaleena Weakly
Jimmie Hardin Show Horses and Roy Hall
Prince Farm: Chester & Ann Prince
Peterson Show Horses – Michele & Scott Peterson
82 Diesel – Chris & Amy Page
Chris Artensen Quarter Horses Inc
Ron Doyle Quarter Horses and Initial Design Embroidery
Beck Farms
Kull Ranch
Friends of the Breeders Halter Futurity
D & L Farm and Home – Denton
Katie Mitchell – Mitchell Show Horses
Billy Williams – Billy The Night Watchman
Bemer Therapy by Julie Schley for Horse and Human
Steve Herman
Char-O-Lot Ranch
Our friends, Gary and Tammy Raak, with
Twin Cities South Trailers, Pilot Point
Are going to make two Amateur Exhibitors very happy at the
2021 Breeders Halter Futurity.
One year’s use of a trailer will be awarded to the Amateur Exhibitor who accumulates the most points with the following criteria:
- You must show in a minimum of two Amateur Breeders Halter Futurity Classes in order to participate.
- All other classes – both Breeders Halter Futurity Amateur and Open and Breeders Halter Futurity Color Division Amateur and Open — will count toward this High Point Award.
- Must show in at least four (4) classes in order to be eligible to win.
- This trailer will be awarded at the conclusion of the classes on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Must be present to win.
One year’s use of a trailer will be awarded to the Amateur Exhibitor who accumulates the most points with the following criteria:
- You must show in a minimum of one Amateur Breeders Halter Futurity Class in order to participate.
- You must show in a minimum of one Breeders Halter Futurity Color Division Class in order to participate.
- You must show in a minimum of one Breeders Halter Futurity Performance Class – Yearling Longe Line or Western Pleasure and Performance Halter – in order to participate.
- All other Breeders Halter Futurity Amateur and Open Classes and Breeders Halter Futurity Color Division Amateur and Open Classes will count toward this High Point Award.
- Must show in at least four (4) classes in order to be eligible to win.
- This trailer will be awarded at the conclusion of the classes on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Must be present to win.
*You may only win one trailer per year.
**2020 Trailer Winners and their immediate family members are ineligible to win a trailer in 2021.
***Winners will have their picture taken with Gary and Tammy Raak and the
BHF Board of Directors at the Awards Presentation.
APHA-BHF PARTNERSHIP
$20,000 BONUS PAYOUT
This partnership was designed for high placing weanling foals competing in both the 2022 Breeders Halter Futurity, September 13-17, 2022 in Des Moines, Iowa and the 2022 APHA World Show Amateur Weanling Halter World Championship Classes held at the APHA Halter Million (APHA Halter World Championship Show), September 24 – October 2, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas.
A total of $20,000 will be paid out to weanling foals that show at The Breeders Halter Futurity and also show in one of the following Amateur Weanling Halter Classes at the 2022 Halter Million :
Amateur Weanling Stallions
Amateur Weanling Mares
Amateur Weanling Geldings
Amateur Solid Paint-Bred Weanling Stallions and Geldings
Amateur Solid Paint-Bred Weanling Mares
The $20,000 bonus – contributed equally by APHA and The Breeders Halter Futurity – will be paid out based on the final placings at the APHA Show per the APHA’s payout schedule to the recorded owner at the time of the class. No additional entry form or fee is required.
Please note that the same Amateur Exhibitor must participate in the BHF and The Halter Million.
# Eligible # Paid 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1-2 1 100%
3-4 2 60% 40%
5-6 3 45% 35% 20%
7-9 4 40% 30% 20% 10%
10-12 5 34% 27% 20% 10% 9%
13-15 6 32% 22% 19% 10% 9% 8%
16-19 7 28% 22% 17% 10% 9% 8% 6%
20-23 8 26% 22% 14% 10% 9% 8% 6% 5%
24-27 9 26% 19% 13% 10% 9% 8% 6% 5% 4%
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact kkennedy.nhc@gmail.com.
Hotel Information
For special event pricing during the BHF this year at the Hyatt Place Altoona/Des Moines please click on the link below:
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/DSMZA/G-BHFH
SPECIAL THANKS TO
